CVE-2026-34379

Description

OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. From 3.2.0 to before 3.2.7, 3.3.9, and 3.4.9, a misaligned memory write vulnerability exists in LossyDctDecoder_execute() in src/lib/OpenEXRCore/internal_dwa_decoder.h:749. When decoding a DWA or DWAB-compressed EXR file containing a FLOAT-type channel, the decoder performs an in-place HALF→FLOAT conversion by casting an unaligned uint8_t * row pointer to float * and writing through it. Because the row buffer may not be 4-byte aligned, this constitutes undefined behavior under the C standard and crashes immediately on architectures that enforce alignment (ARM, RISC-V, etc.). On x86 it is silently tolerated at runtime but remains exploitable via compiler optimizations that assume aligned access. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.7, 3.3.9, and 3.4.9.

References

Reference URLs as listed by NVD, grouped by a mechanical match on the link's host/pattern. Labels describe the link type only.

• Patch https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.2.7
• Patch https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.3.9
• Patch https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.4.9
• Vendor advisory https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-w88v-vqhq-5p…
• Distro https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-34379
• Distro https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455402
• Distro https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-34379.json